Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith was a painter, illustrator, photographer and educator. He was born in London, England and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in... Read full biography
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith was a painter, illustrator, photographer and educator. He was born in London, England and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1867, and subsequently lived in Hamilton, Ontario (1871-1874), Toronto (1874 -1879) and London, Ontario... Read full biography
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith was a painter, illustrator, photographer and educator. He was born in London, England and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1867, and subsequently lived in Hamilton, Ontario (1871-1874), Toronto (1874 -1879) and London, Ontario (1881 -1888) before moving permanently to Toronto in 1888 where, except for travel, he lived for the rest of his life. His primary mediums were oil and watercolour. Works in other mediums are very... Read full biography
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith was a painter, illustrator, photographer and educator. He was born in London, England and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1867, and subsequently lived in Hamilton, Ontario (1871-1874), Toronto (1874 -1879) and London, Ontario (1881 -1888) before moving permanently to Toronto in 1888 where, except for travel, he lived for the rest of his life. His primary mediums were oil and watercolour. Works in other mediums are very rare. Of the 138 Bell-Smith works in Canadian museums, there are only ten that are not in oil or watercolour (1); of the 497 AskART image examples (at the time of writing Dec. 2009), taken from world wide auction results, there are none in mediums... Read full biography
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith was a painter, illustrator, photographer and educator. He was born in London, England and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1867, and subsequently lived in Hamilton, Ontario (1871-1874), Toronto (1874 -1879) and London, Ontario (1881 -1888) before moving permanently to Toronto in 1888 where, except for travel, he lived for the rest of his life. His primary mediums were oil and watercolour. Works in other mediums are very rare. Of the 138 Bell-Smith works in Canadian museums, there are only ten that are not in oil or watercolour (1); of the 497 AskART image examples (at the time of writing Dec. 2009), taken from world wide auction results, there are none in mediums other than oil or watercolour. His subjects are landscapes, cityscapes, mountains, canyons, rivers... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (21)
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The Father of Canadian Art Thomas Mower Martin 1838-1934
2009
Graeme, Toni
72 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Artists of the Rockies: Inspiration of Lake O'Hara, Illustration 100 years of landscape painting by the Lake O'Hara area in the Canadian Rockies
2003
Gooch, Jane Lytton
152 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Home Base: Notes to an Installation (Kamloops Art Gallery)
1998
Hunter, Andrew
36 pages (color)
Massanoga: The Art of Bon Echo
1998
Stacey, Robert and Stan McMullin
101 pages (color)
A Hiker's Guide to Art of the Canadian Rockies
1996
Christensen, Lisa
134 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)